We tried to roll McKay: Buildev exec

A FORMER executive at Nathan Tinkler's Buildev has admitted he manoeuvred to unseat ex-Newcastle MP Jodi McKay because she was blocking a proposal worth tens of millions of dollars to the company.

TEXT messages tendered to a corruption inquiry show that in the lead-up to the 2011 state election, David Sharpe pressed coal mogul Mr Tinkler for "$50k worth of carpet" to go towards an anti-Labor campaign.